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Horizon Shipbuilding opens ‘West Yard’ facilities, triples capacity

Horizon Shipbuilding Inc. of Bayou La Batre said they have tripled the company’s production capacity with the recent acquisition and development of its “West Yard” facilities.

Located directly across the Bayou from its main yard, the “West Yard” adds about 22 acres to Horizon’s footprint, including 3,000 feet of waterfront, three production bays, and multiple launch ways, according to a company press release.

Horizon, which has about 240 employees, said the new yard is already being used to gear up production on a contract to build 40, 41’7” crew boats over the next twenty months for an unspecified customer.

Horizon has built ships for the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and for commercial transportation and oil service companies in America, Nigeria, Colombia, Iraq and Mexico.